An Icelandic Horse doing a super-smooth "Tolt" as its rider holds a stein of beer without spilling a drop.

12 June, 2025

A Horse of Five Gaits – One-Shot Story

By Dave Powell

Yes, in the above still from a short Fuji F31fd video, the rider is carrying a full stein of fine Icelandic beer! And she’s on a native Icelandic Horse. Reputedly, the pur...

10 June, 2025

Fragments of Life – A One Shot Story

By Ibraar Hussain

For there upon a bed of soft wool lay the most splendid jewel, a jewel such as Dyson had never dreamed of, and within it shone the blue of far skies, and the green of the sea by...
A watch and digital clock... one hour apart

8 June, 2025

Can Time “Slip”? – One-Shot Story

By Dave Powell

I think H.G. Wells did centuries of disservice to future scientists when he wrote “The Time Machine.” It’s a great story, but its title and text subtly imply that a machine is r...